Trebizond

[treb-uh-zond]

noun

1. a medieval empire in northeastern Asia Minor 1204–1461.

2. Official Name Trabzon. a seaport in northeastern Turkey, on the Black Sea: an ancient Greek colony; capital of the medieval empire of Trebizond.

Trebizond

/ ˈtrɛbɪˌzɒnd /

noun

1. a variant of Trabzon

Example Sentences

Ionians founded Miletus, which, in turn, founded Sinope, which, eventually, colonized Trebizond.

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In the Pontus, the language of the first Greek colonizers of Trebizond was the Ionic Greek of Sinope.

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The fall of Trebizond to the Ottomans in 1461 led to the city becoming majority Muslim.

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Quick comparative literary judgments became an epistolary specialty: “when she is good + sick from Durrell’s sticky liqueurs, have her try ‘The Towers of Trebizond’ by Rose Macaulay at 80 — the driest champagne.”

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Rose Macaulay’s “The Towers of Trebizond” works wonders.

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